@annabell1 - I too went off to bed on Monday night with an aching jaw. Mine was gum related though. It's at the site of an extraction I had months ago. I spoke to my dentist and we really don't know why this area is prone to flare up. I'd already started the treatment - increased brushing with Corsodyl and Corsodyl mouthwash. That was the down yesterday. On a positive note, I entered a competition a while back during the Spam appreciation Week for fun. You had to submit a recipe using Spam which I did. I didn't win 1st prize (which was £1,000 of shopping vouchers) but I was one of 10 runners up in the European section and will receive a Limited edition sizzle pack plus Spam products when this is over. It certainly brightened my day and left me with Monty python and Spam, spam, spam, spam going through my head!
I have a few years on life's clock, but not quite that many. I'm hoping I get there though.
My parents always used to say that as they applied an Elastoplast with enough pressure to do more damage than the original injury.
I'll never forget my father taking an age to trim a plaster into a bow shape to cover a cut on my forehead (still have the scar), and me refusing to have it changed as the trauma of the first application mentally scarred me for life!
I loved my Dad with every fibre of my being, but you can probably tell, I bore a grudge over that act of kindness.
Hug for the sore jaw. You don't need that after all the health issues of the last few days
Haven't had Spam for years. We used to have something quite similar, just after WW2, called "luncheon meat" which tasted like salty blotting paper - very popular in our school canteen. I think Spam was rather better quality but I'm not sure if I've ever bought it myself.
Mr C absolutely loves luncheon meat- even the smell of it turns my stomach.
Even the thought. However, maybe luncheon meat has changed over the last 70 years, so might not be as bad as it used to be.
I’ll be singing Always look on the Bright side now too - a good song to keep the spirits up!@maglil55 and @DJC3 - I'm going to be singing the Monty Python spam song all day too.. (Probably followed by the lumberjack song and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life). Did anyone else see the news report of a Thames Police's cruiser going along the Thames blasting out Always Look on the Bright Side? It really made me laugh.
Unbelievably I have had Jehovah's Witnesses door knocking this morning!!! Three of them all stood in a tight group. They obviously think CV-19 won't find them.
All my little plants arrived today. 144 of them! I think I've probably bought too many but I'm not expecting them all to survive my TLC. Just got to find compost now, which might be a bit more difficult.
My wounded soldier toe has lost its plaster but the other foot still hurts. In normal times I would have taken it to A&E for an X-ray but according to the BBC news app there are 45 people in Doncaster with CV-19 and there's only the one hospital so I'm not taking the risk. I keep dreaming about the fall.
Food....
Breakfast: usual omelette with carb free syrup
Lunch: Burgen toast with smashed avocado, chilli sauce and a squeeze of lime with a chopped tomato on top
Dinner: brown block from the freezer - which I'm hop is a spicy aubergine and green lentil sort of casserole / curry / soup thing I made a couple of months ago
Hug for Neil and just how tardy are the Scottish Government - mine came over a week ago. Also hug for eggs, local guy delivered a tray of 30 to us yesterday. Neil needs to shield as the letter says. Take care.Neil just received his letter from the Scottish Government to tell him that he is one of the people considered to be at high risk during this covid19 outbreak. (Presumably his sarcoidosis.) It gives him advice on how to proceed and a list of the kind of conditions considered to be at risk. Diabetes is not one of them! And neither I nor DIL had such a letter. So - are we not at risk, after all? He actually went shopping this morning, before the post came, and came back with very few of the items on the list. He did manage to get half a dozen eggs - that was all the Co-op would allow him to buy. Tesco was shut - apparently due to a medical emergency of some sort in the shop. So loads of people were standing outside in a queue a long way up the road, waiting to get access. He didn't wait around.
On a brighter side - he did find a garage open to buy a new battery for the Scenic and he did make an arrangement with our local pharmacy to deliver regular supplies of the over-the-counter medicine he uses to control his Crohn's disease.
Breakfast - quite late, so probably brunch - was black pudding, streaky bacon, a tomato - all done in the oven and fried eggs on top.
Some time later, I will have AF chicken thighs - Neil did manage to get a box of 2 thighs today. He also found another, last on the shelf, battered box of tea bags for me.
Sister in law chose that song to be played as her coffin left the Church - not likely to hear it much if at all in our house but huge respect to her for that and the other plans she made.I’ll be singing Always look on the Bright side now too - a good song to keep the spirits up!
Good luck with all those plants, My back is aching at the thought of planting them all out. I think you’re probably wise not to go to A/E you might be worse off after the visit.
Hug for Neil and just how tardy are the Scottish Government - mine came over a week ago. Also hug for eggs, local guy delivered a tray of 30 to us yesterday. Neil needs to shield as the letter says. Take care.
Neil just received his letter from the Scottish Government to tell him that he is one of the people considered to be at high risk during this covid19 outbreak. (Presumably his sarcoidosis.) It gives him advice on how to proceed and a list of the kind of conditions considered to be at risk. Diabetes is not one of them! And neither I nor DIL had such a letter. So - are we not at risk, after all? He actually went shopping this morning, before the post came, and came back with very few of the items on the list. He did manage to get half a dozen eggs - that was all the Co-op would allow him to buy. Tesco was shut - apparently due to a medical emergency of some sort in the shop. So loads of people were standing outside in a queue a long way up the road, waiting to get access. He didn't wait around.
On a brighter side - he did find a garage open to buy a new battery for the Scenic and he did make an arrangement with our local pharmacy to deliver regular supplies of the over-the-counter medicine he uses to control his Crohn's disease.
Breakfast - quite late, so probably brunch - was black pudding, streaky bacon, a tomato - all done in the oven and fried eggs on top.
Some time later, I will have AF chicken thighs - Neil did manage to get a box of 2 thighs today. He also found another, last on the shelf, battered box of tea bags for me.
Mine gave no reason - I assume it is related to last summer's cancer and follow up chemo - but diabetes per se not mentioned. Are there any other family members or friends who can shop for you? Did you post about contacting local council and considering your relationship with local religious organisations is there no help there?Has anyone received a notice from government to say that diabetics are at risk? I'm beginning to wonder if it is all a scare - not the virus, I certainly believe that- but the diabetic issue. Not that it makes any difference - without Neil I can't go out anyway - I need him to push my wheelchair.
I'm sorry @Annb I missed this post of yours. Big hugs for Neil. Getting that kind of letter always causes distress whether the sender means it to or not. Is there anyone else who can help you with your shopping?
As for eggs, I got 4 dozen from someone who keeps chickens (actually he bought all my chooks from me when I couldn't keep them any more although I doubt any of these eggs are from those ladies though). Is there anyone near you who keeps hens?
Mine gave no reason - I assume it is related to last summer's cancer and follow up chemo - but diabetes per se not mentioned. Are there any other family members or friends who can shop for you? Did you post about contacting local council and considering your relationship with local religious organisations is there no help there?
I've tracked down the Scottish shielding info and no, it doesn't mention diabetes. There again it doesn't cover disablement either so I'm not sure the list is a complete list. Their list is mainly cancer related. Here's the link Ann but it doesn't really help as it tells you to get in touch with the local authority helpline and they can arrange deliveries for you! Considering you've already been in touch and they told you to send Neil yet the advice says he shouldn't go out.....it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot. The only change I can see is that all the local authorities have contact details now. We're in a better situation due to the local community groups doing their own thing but that's not much consolation to you. I'll go on hunting but they certainly don't make it easy to get to the right information.Ours is only a small religious group, Ian, and not really approved of by the mainstream churches here. (Would they prefer it if we just all died a natural death? It has been said, and, occasionally I have heard the opinion expressed that it was quite justified, when members have been persecuted and killed, in other countries - the Christianity here is very unforgiving.) All of our young people have left the Island for jobs on the mainland or overseas, leaving us old codgers to keep going. I have one offer of help from one of our group (youngest maybe) who is 64 and I may take her up on that, but I know she is currently helping our very elderly friend who is almost blind and very weak after months of medical treatment and so she is pretty busy. We have others who are more at risk than myself, so I should really be helping them. Best I can do is keep in touch though.
I did contact the local council and they just recommended that Neil should go shopping as infrequently as possible. Not much help there. There seems to be no organised volunteer force, just individual shops who might deliver.
No 2 son goes shopping every so often and offers to get things, but usually Neil has done it. May take him up on the offer next time.
I've tracked down the Scottish shielding info and no, it doesn't mention diabetes. There again it doesn't cover disablement either so I'm not sure the list is a complete list. Their list is mainly cancer related. Here's the link Ann but it doesn't really help as it tells you to get in touch with the local authority helpline and they can arrange deliveries for you! Considering you've already been in touch and they told you to send Neil yet the advice says he shouldn't go out.....it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot. The only change I can see is that all the local authorities have contact details now. We're in a better situation due to the local community groups doing their own thing but that's not much consolation to you. I'll go on hunting but they certainly don't make it easy to get to the right information.
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesse...id-19/coronavirus-covid-19-shielding#overview
2018 when I had all these family deaths - cousin's funeral - she was involved with amateur operatic group and she picked all her songs for her funeral. I have never forgotten her entry song for the undertakers and her coffin - Oklahoma. The sight of them trying to keep pace with the music will remain with me forever.Sister in law chose that song to be played as her coffin left the Church - not likely to hear it much if at all in our house but huge respect to her for that and the other plans she made.
I'm sorry @Annb I missed this post of yours. Big hugs for Neil. Getting that kind of letter always causes distress whether the sender means it to or not.
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